Alright! We got her!
- Hi girl? Hi!
- You gave us a scare baby - Yeah! You did!
- Well get you in the car! - Ready to go?
- She's like, "Yeah!" Let's go this way!
(Huskies howling) "Aroooooo!"
Look! She's alive!
You scared the crap out of us, Oakley!
You really did! Didn't she? She scared us all!
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You should watch because some things are updated faster over there, than over here.
You will known, we had a very scary experience this past weekend with Oakley.
Scary enough that we actually... Could had loss her...
She really could had... I don't wanna scare you guys!
She actually...
What happened to her, was that she actually could had died.
It was a very serious situation.
I guess, will tell you the story.
Friday after work, we took Oakley to the vet, to have her incision checked.
As you can see, right now it looks pretty good.
Can you take the antler? Good job! Take that antler!
Anyway, we went to the vet and we had the incision checked.
It was a little bit inflamed. They gave us medicine.
They put medicine on it.
They told us that, since Oakley had been licking it more, than she probably should be,
they told us that she had been...
Since she had been licking, her incision wound a little bit more, than she should be...
She was going to wear a cone (of shame).
We came from work and let the dogs out.
Fed the dogs and let them...
I fed the dogs, put the cone on Oakley... Let her go outside.
When everybody came in, Oakley still had the cone on.
I went and started making dinner.
This probably was an hour total. Maybe...
Anyway, while I was making dinner...
Oakley started crying. I ran into the living room and
trying to figure what was going on, why she was crying. Then, she stopped.
I was like, maybe she bumped her incision. Maybe, something happened.
I went back to making dinner and... All of the sudden she started crying again.
This time, I think she walked into the living room and into the dinning room.
She ended up in the same room as me. I don't remember...
Jamie was in the shower. He could not hear Oakley.
She looked like, she was choking. I thought, maybe...
She had pushed the cone, like down into the floor and I was pushing into her throat.
Then, scaring her. So, I took her cone off...
Don't lick your wound baby!
I took the cone off and took her collar out, cause it looked like she was having a problem.
Then, she was trying to throw up.
Oakley tried to throw up and she tried to throw up again.
And she tried to throw up again. It was dry and nothing came out.
Everytime she tried to throw up, she was screaming...
Like... Literally screaming!
After a few minutes, I was standing on top of Oakley and trying to figure out,
what the heck is going on? I was standing over her and looked down...
From the top side down. She was literally blowing up like a ballon.
It was terrifying and thankfully...
I know what bloat is.
I knew right away that she was bloating.
I screamed like a crazy girl! Jamie came running.
I'm like, "She's bloating! Look!" Jamie did the same thing.
He look down at Oakley and could tell the same thing, that she was bloating.
Jamie was like, "Call the vet! Call the vet!" I called the vet.
For those of you, that don't know. Bloat is very life threatening for a dog!
It can go from bad, to... Extremely bad, very quickly!
Needless to say, we were panicked!
I called our regular vet and they said, "Bring her up, right away!"
We ran out there. Unfortunately, all their equipment was taken apart,
because they were getting the surgical room painted. They were not "On Call ER Vet."
We took her up there and they were, at least able to do X-RAY and confirm it was bloat.
They sent us down to Lincoln MI. Like, 25 miles south of where we are.
We put Oakley in the car and rush her down to Lincoln.
They thankfully, called the "ER Vet" while we were about ten (10) minutes away, when...
Our normal vet called us and said, the "ER Vet" was on his way and be there in just a minute.
I said, "Perfect! We're ten (10) minutes away and we should arrive there at the same time, hopefully."
We got to the vet. They had forwarded Oakley's X-Rays and stuff down there.
So, the vet knew what was going on.
Oakley was in a lot of pain! She cried all the way down there.
It was terrifying. That was probably one of the scariest things we've been through in a long time.
Anyway, they got her in there and we got Oakley sedated. If you couldn't tell she was sitting up a minute ago.
Both of her front paws were shaved and had the IVs in her recently.
One from the surgery last week, one from being sedated in IV fluids
while she was at the vet.
We got her sedated and laid down on the table. They kind of told us "We're gonna try to get a tube"
"into her stomach and is called 'Decompressing' where they get all the gas and air,"
"the food and everything that is in her stomach, out."
They told us, "If the tube wouldn't go through..." "Her stomach had twisted."
You see, what happens is that dogs would bloat and their stomachs can twist.
They can either twist like 90 degrees, which I believe is called 'Torsion'.
Or, they could twist 180 degrees, which is called something else...
Not really sure what is called.
Both requires emergency surgery.
Emergency surgery both, are very dangerous surgeries. They are not always successful.
We were really hoping, they would be able to get the tube down Oakley's throat and she wasn't twisted.
Thankfully, because we caught it so fast and I knew what is was, we were able to get down there.
She wasn't twisted and they were able to get the tube in.
They started to get the food out of her belly.
The problem was, Oakley pretty much ate her food as whole.
You see, because she had her tooth pulled, when she had her surgery, she had a tooth pulled.
She hasn't been using the slow feed bowl.
She didn't really chew on her food. Oakley just swallowed it.
Anyway, they were trying to get her food out of her stomach as it was whole.
They ended up pumping water in her stomach. Then, waited a few minutes.
Pumped some of the food out. Pumped water in. Waited a few minutes.
Pumped some of the food out. Probably took three (3) hours.
I think, we sat there for three (3) hours waiting. We didn't wanted to leave, until we knew...
She was at least okay!
I did not wanted to leave at all! I would stayed the whole night.
But, I don't think they would let us.
When we had to leave, they had finally gotten all the food out.
They put medicine on her stomach to help her.
They said, "They will keep Oakley overnight..." (squeaky toy sounds)
They said, they will keep her overnight and on IV fluids, cause they did not wanted her to be dehydrated.
That they will be checking on her and everything. If anything changes, they would call us.
We left and drove back home. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
Neither one of us (Jamie and Jessica) would wanted to leave. But had no choice.
We left and drove all the way home. We got no sleep that night.
Saturday morning, we called and they said "You can come and get Oakley!"
Bring her back home that she would do better recovering at home than at the vet's office.
Long story short...
Oakley's home!
She still has to go to our vet and you guys will see this on Monday's video.
She has to go to the vet for a re-check on her incision and they're gonna check her...
You know, the other things that went on this past weekend. They will check for...
As you guys can see, Oakley is fairly normal.
The only things that are not the same, is that she is not at vocal as normally is.
But, they told that's pretty normal, because they put a tube down her throath and they said,
"She's probably with a sore throat."
Oakley still eating very small amounts of food at the time, right now.
She's getting nothing, but boiled chicken and rice. She's basically getting spoiled rotten! Which is good!
So, yeah!
We almost lost Oakley this weekend, you guys! That was terrifying.
Yeah! It sucks!
Aww!
Oakley, you scared the crap out of us! You really did! You did! All of us! Everybody!
Don't do that again! Okay? (laughter)
The other thing I wanted, to update you guys... This could be a really long video!
We got the results of the pathology on the mass they removed from Oakley's leg.
On Friday...
We got her results back and it was a soft tissue sarcoma.
It was cancerous, but is called a stage one (1) mass, which basically means
is very low and has a very low rating in the cancer scale, which is good.
It only has a seven (7) percent chance of return. Which again, very low rating.
They did not recommended chemotherapy or radiation, because it's a low grade cancer.
Basically, they said to keep checking the spot. It was cancer, but it was localized.
If it comes back, is will be localized in the same spot. It won't spread anywhere else.
It won't go to the blood system or bones or anything. Is not the type of cancer, it is.
Yes, it was cancer and a very low grade. Which is good news!
It has a very slim chance that can return, which is also a good news.
The pathology report said that, like 99 percent chances of 'whatever', they got it all.
I guess, they tested the mass and all the way around the edges to see, where the cancer cells end.
That's all they can tell, if they got it or not.
So...
Now that I feel winded from talking... Oakley looks like, she's tired of hearing from me.
Really Memphis? Are you standing in front of me?
What? You guys want camera time too?
"We want camera time!" Who likes some camera time?
There you get some camera time! These girls freaked out when we came home.
Probably because we were freaked out, when we came home and Oakley wasn't with us.
The girls were panicked! We were panicked!
Needless to say, it's been a long weekend.
But Oakley is here! She's alive!
That's all it matters...
Please don't scare the crap out of us again, okay 'Fluffy Butt'?
The Pawdience loves you Oakley! We love you!
Oh! I hear you whine! (soft whining)
You don't have to make noise! You don't have to...
If it hurts you, you don't have to...
No! I know you want to talk!
Oakley's like, "I want to!" You don't have to!
She barked earlier and twice, after a dog walked by her.
She realized her throat hurts... (Shelby whines)
There you go! I was going to make this video sooner and put it up.
But, Oakley was pretty tired yesterday. I didn't... Just sad and did not wanted to put a video
and have Oakley looking so sad! Now, she looks a bit more normal.
She's been eating good. Been playing with the antlers and toys.
She's looking pretty good. What Shelby? Are you mad at me?
You want this, don't you?
There you go! (laughter)
Oh, you don't want that? There's your ball. There's your ball!
Anyway, you guys and like I said, (growls)
I know! I didn't wanted to scare you! It was... We were scared enough for everybody.
I think, we really were and I was, a 'wreck' and Jamie was also a 'wreck.'
Oakley is here! She's alive! Bloat is terrifying!
If you don't know what bloat is and what is does, search it on 'Google'.
Maybe next week, I will do a video on how to prevent bloat in dogs and what to look for.
That will be a good educational video. Wouldn't it? So, that you guys know.
They think, Oakley's bloat was likely caused by the antibiotic she was on.
That caused an excess gas and the cone (of shame) being put on Oakley, that stressed her out.
And she has just eaten. So they think, it was the combination of antibiotics and stress.
That actually caused Oakley's bloat. But, we can't be exactly sure what it was.
Alright girls! (growls)
Alright you guys! Thanks for watching! Thanks for subscribing!
Stay positive and dream big! We will see you again soon!
Good bye!
Thank you so much for all the love, support, messages, tweets and everything for Oakley!
We love it! (growls)
We're just glad you are still here Miss 'Fluffy Butt' Oakley!
Alright girls! You can have some dinner now! Good bye!
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